Word: comedian
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Alexander Melville, of Glasgow, who wrote many of Scotch Comedian Harry Lauder's famed songs ("Killie-crankie," "Tobermory," "Risin' Early in the Mornin' "); in Glasgow. He, liberal, grew poor, lived on the charity of friends...
...London's aristocratic Savoy Hotel the Egg Song was played several times, last week, "by special request"; and in common music halls many a tedious comedian reaped undeserved applause by concluding his number with "Eggs! Eggs! Eggs...
...with a piece entitled Trois Jeunes Filles Nues, which, for the sake of the censor, was translated as "Three Girls From The Folies Bergere." The book, by Yves Mirande, was innocuous enough and the music, by Raoul Moretti, was light and gay and altogether pleasant. In addition, the chief comedian, M. Servatius, turned out to be an exceedingly droll fellow. Not the least of the visitors' charms was their unpretentiousness. The French do not spend much on their musical comedies. It is a relief to sit through an evening without being asked to watch armies of chorus ladies parade...
...trials and tribulations of a movie comedian and the rise of the talkies in the motion picture industry were the topics which Harry Langdon, famous movie comedian, now appearing at the Keith Albee Theatre discussed with a CRIMSON reporter yesterday. "Anybody who thinks the life of a movie actor an easy one is all wrong," said Harry. "It takes me about 14 weeks to make a picture and in that time I have to work hard all day. Then, because of tremendous overhead, which sometimes amounts to $10,000 a day, we have to do night sequences in which...
...Wynn himself. He dominates the evening completely, and in a manner to suit the most exacting. To attempt to describe this gentleman's humor would be suicidal; he must be seen and heard to be appreciated, but he certainly cannot be recommended too strongly. There is doubtless no comedian on the American stage at the present day who has a more natural and universal appeal than Ed Wynn. Little more can or need be said about...